Nailing down ‘academic’ freedom and tenure in Greek research institutions

Στεργίου, Κωνσταντίνος Ι.; Machias, Athanassios

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“…The academic freedom, although sometimes difficult to implement, is considered granted. Nevertheless, during the last years, there have been several attempts to reform the universities (N4009, 2011), that have been considered by many as attempts against academic freedom (Gounari, 2012;Gouvias, 2012;Stergiou & Machias, 2015).…”

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Bioinformatics Education in Greece: A Survey

Paraskevopoulou-Kollia

Bagos

2017

J Bio Bio Edu

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Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field, placed at the interface of Biology, Mathematics and Computer Science. In this work, we tried for the first time to investigate the current situation of Bioinformatics education in Greece. We searched the online resources of all relevant University Departments for Bioinformatics or relevant courses. We found that all the Departments of Biological Sciences include in their curricula courses dedicated to Bioinformatics, but this is not the case for Departments of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Medical Schools. Despite the fact that large Universities played a crucial role in establishing Bioinformatics research and education in Greece, we observe that Universities of the periphery invest in the field, by including more relevant courses in the curricula and appointing faculty members trained in the field. In order for us to "triangulate" we didn't confine ourselves to online resources and descriptive statistics but we also included interviews so as to have a more spherical view of the subject under discussion. The interviews provided useful insights regarding the teaching methods used by bioinformatics tutors, their attitudes and the difficulties they encounter. The tutors mentioned also the material that they choose, the audience's attraction techniques and the feedback they receive.

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Bioinformatics Education in Greece: A Survey

Paraskevopoulou-Kollia

Bagos

2017

J Bio Bio Edu

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“…overfishing of northern cod, virus in farmed salmon, environmental and health effects of exploiting tar sands and Arctic offshore oil) 2 . Stergiou & Machias (2015) discuss the abolishment of tenure and the change in the status of Greek researchers through a new law for research that was passed in December 2014. This constitutes the last nail in the coffin for Greek research, which has suffered several blows (i.e.…”

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Academic freedom and tenure: introduction

Στεργίου¹,

Somarakis²

2016

Ethics. Sci. Environ. Polit.

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This Theme Section consists of 11 essays aiming to explore diverse issues related to academic freedom and tenure, presenting the views and thoughts of 15 scholars from different disciplines. Historical, legal, theoretical, philosophical, political and educational aspects of academic freedom and tenure are addressed; the decline in productivity of tenured faculty is questioned; and the effect of marketization of education on tenure policies and their implications are discussed. Overall, the essays recognize that academic freedom has been increasingly challenged in recent years and affected by factors such as increased commercialization, the constraints imposed by the 'western way of thinking' and neo-liberal ways of valuing, changes from a collegial to a managerial mode of organization in universities, political pressures to suppress inconvenient scientific findings, the economic crisis itself, even the current metrics of valuating research and the recent changes set by new media in disseminating ideas. We argue that today, academics can defend and promote academic freedom themselves, as has been done using various means with other aspects of academic life.

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“…Or should it be eliminated completely? Proponents of tenure argue that it guarantees the freedom of scholars to produce research and teach against prevailing orthodoxies, political landscapes, and fashionable issues (Stergiou & Machias 2015). In addition, tenure is necessary for the academic labor market to function.…”

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Why Tenure? An Optimal Contract Perspective

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Nailing down ‘academic’ freedom and tenure in Greek research institutions

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Bioinformatics Education in Greece: A Survey

Bioinformatics Education in Greece: A Survey

Academic freedom and tenure: introduction

Why Tenure? An Optimal Contract Perspective

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